Marvel Rivals Season 6 Patch Notes – Deadpool, New Map, Buffs and Nerfs, and More
Deadpool's ready to ignite the battle.
Season six of Marvel Rivals is upon us, ushering in a new season themed around a Night at the Museum with one of Marvel’s most iconic faces. Deadpool has arrived, and so have many other exciting additions and changes with the season six patch notes.
The first update of each season is always quite large, which means it can be tricky to review everything it entails. If you’re eager to ensure you don’t miss out on any of the exciting details, here are the patch notes for season six of Marvel Rivals, arriving on Jan. 16.
Season 6 Marvel Rivals Patch Notes
Here’s everything that has been revealed for season six of Marvel Rivals so far. New details may become available leading up to the launch time for season six, so as any additional information becomes available, we’ll add it here.
New Hero – Deadpool
Deadpool is here, and he’s ready to unleash chaos. With the Dev Vision that aired on Jan. 13, he was officially revealed to be the first-ever three-in-one character, with the ability to make him a Duelist, Strategist, or Vanguard as you see fit.
- As a Duelist, he’s got dual swords and dual pistols that allow him to dish out effective damage.
- As a Vanguard, he’s got a unicorn plushie that can give out shields.
- As a Strategist, his pistols and katanas can be used to heal his allies or deal damage against foes.
Regardless of how you play him, you’ll be able to level up Deadpool over time, similar to, in Deadpool’s words, “nerdy RPGs.” You’ll gain XP and help him become a “true server admin.” His ultimate ability also charges faster depending on how fancy you fight.
New map
A new location to explore, which is called the Museum of Contemplation, is arriving this season. It’s a Convoy map that will debut on Jan. 29, a little over a week after the season officially begins.
Photo Mode
In season six, photo mode is arriving as a new feature you can use while playing in Times Square. This fancy mode will let you adjust your camera angle, apply different filters, use emotes to pose, and otherwise set up and capture some perfect shots.
The Clobberin’ Club
On Jan. 29, a new area called The Clobberin’ Club will open in Times Square. At this location, you can challenge other players to duels. If you pay some Units, you can have your battle broadcast on the big screen in Times Square.
Hero Proficiency Upgrades
The hero proficiency system is being massively expanded, so there are now plenty more prizes to claim along the way and after reaching Lord on characters. This includes items like Dynamic Avatars, Unstable Molecules, exclusive Sprays, Nameplates, Titles, Nameplate Frames, Units, Badges, and much more.
New Accessories
Additional Accessories are on the way, giving players even more ways to customize their favorite heroes. All of the new Accessories are arriving with Deadpool on Jan. 16. These new items are for:
- Deadpool – Jeff Accessory
- Rogue – Cat Maid Gambit Accessory
- Doctor Strange – Clea Accessory
- Blade – Brielle Accessory
- Squirrel Girl – Galactus Accessory
- Iron Man – Tony Stark Accessory
- Captain America – Bucky Bear Accessory
- Daredevil – Elektra Accessory
- Black Panther – Storm Accessory
- Storm – Black Panther Accessory
New Team-Ups
The two new Team-Ups arriving in season six are:
- The Parker Power-Up Team-Up with Peni Parker as the anchor and Spider-Man as the receiver. When activated, Spider-Man receives a Web Bomb. When activated, it starts a countdown. If Spider-Man throws the bomb before the countdown ends, it deals damage to the surrounding area and applies Spider-Tracers to the affected enemies. If he doesn’t throw it, he gains a Web-Cluster charge and some bonus health.
- The Mr. Pool’s Interdimensional Toy Box Team-Up with Deadpool as the anchor and Jeff the Land Shark as the receiver. When activated, Jeff spits out a toy that sprays water around, healing allies and creating a distracting VFX featuring Deadpool drawings for any foes within the radius.
Team-Up Changes
There are just two small Team-Up changes in season six.
- The Ever-Burning Bond Team-Up between Spider-Man and Human Torch is removed.
- Peni Parker is leaving the Rocket Network Team-Up with Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord.
Buffs and Nerfs
Many heroes are being buffed and nerfed going into season six. Here’s a breakdown of all the changes we’ll see when the season starts.
- Vanguards
- Captain America is getting buffed. The cooldown for Vibranium Energy Saw has been reduced from eight to six seconds.
- Hulk is getting buffed. Hero Hulk Incredible Leap minimum charge time has been reduced from 0.5 to 04 seconds, and the maximum charge time from two seconds to 1.7 seconds. In Hero Hulk form, the Gamma Burst cooldown has been reduced from eight to six seconds, and projectile damage has been increased from 70 to 75.
- In Monster Hulk form, Hulk is now immune to launch and knockback effects.
- Doctor Strange is getting buffed. Maelstrom of Madness’s conversion ratio of Dark Magic damage has been increased from 1.2 to 1.3. His Cloak of Levitation ability has a new effect. Re-casting while using it now interrupts this ability, preserving current movement speed, and allowing for a new movement input to change your trajectory.
- Angela is getting nerfed. Her Shielded Stance Shield Value has been decreased from 350 to 300.
- Emma Frost is getting buffed. Her energy gained is increased across the board, including with hero hits from 10 to 12, sentience hits from 15 to 18, and shield hits from five to six.
- Duelists
- Daredevil is getting nerfed. The high damage range of Devil’s Chain is reduced from 80 to 75. The Devil’s Throw single Projectile Damage is reduced from 32.5 to 30. Fury gained from Devil’s Latch when grappling a surface is reduced from two to one.
- Blade is getting buffed. When wielding Hunter’s Shotgun, Daywalker Dash now has a new effect that slows enemies by 40 percent for 1.5 seconds. It also increases second hit damage from 20 to 50. When wielding Ancestral Sword, Daywalker Dash has a different new effect that removes the slow effect from enemies and applies an eight percent healing reduction per strike for three seconds. Damage per hit is reduced from 15 to eight. The number of pellets fired per round of Hunter’s Shotgun is reduced from 12 to 11. Damage falloff now starts at 15 meters, and at 30m, damage drops to 50 percent.
- Iron Fist is getting buffed. Jeet Kune Do’s fourth strike damage is increased from 30 to 35. Dragon’s Defense maximum duration is increased from one to 1.2 seconds.
- Black Panther is getting buffed. His Spear Toss Damage is increased from 45 to 50. He also now gains 50 percent damage deduction during his Bast’s Descent ultimate ability startup animation.
- Namor is getting both nerfed and buffed. His reliance on his Team-Up ability is being toned down, but his base abilities will be increased to make up for this change. Aquatic Dominion time for a single charge is reduced from 12 to 10 seconds. Default Monstro Spawn Health is increased from 100 to 12,5 and Damage is changed from 17 to 18. Enhanced Monstro Spawn Damage is boosted from 11 to 12.
- Strategists
- Gambit is getting nerfed. Big Easy Impact Healing Amount per explosion is decreased from 25 to 15. Ragin’ Royal Flush’s Healing is decreased from 75 per second to 55 per second. Bridge Boost bounces on a single target are now set to a maximum of two.
- Invisible Woman is getting nerfed. Guardian Shield value is reduced from 250 to 200. Shield restoration rate after reclaiming is decreased from 42 per second to 34 per second. Guardian Shield healing to Invisible Woman is decreased from 50 per second to 25 per second.
- Cloak & Dagger are getting buffed and nerfed. Dagger Storm Healing is decreased from 55 per second to 45 per second. A new effect is added that makes it so when a Spell Field is created, allies in range get a one-time healing of 60. Veil of Lightforce & Terror Cape are adjusted to now share charges, with a maximum of two that take 12 seconds to recharge. After using either, both abilities enter a two-second cooldown.
- Rocket Raccoon is getting nerfed. His movement speed during Wild Crawl is decreased from 10 to eight.
Resource Rumble Removed
Resource Rumble is being removed from Quick Match, as is the map that goes with it. It’s going to receive a rework inspired by the 18v18 matches, and once it’s been properly fine-tuned, it will return in a future season.
New PvE Mode Coming Soon
Marvel Zombies is officially leaving with the launch of season six, but a fresh PvE mode has been confirmed to be arriving sometime in the first half of 2026. We won’t see it in season six, but the mention of it was included in the patch notes.
More in Season 6.5
There’s already a lot to look forward to, but season 6.5 will feature even more existing additions, including the arrival of another playable character. Elsa Bloodstone has been confirmed to be arriving in 6.5, although we don’t know her role just yet. We can also expect to potentially see another map, a few events, many skins, and more.
